anoint

Verbs

  • (v) choose by or as if by divine intervention
    • She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group
  • (v) administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing anele, embrocate, inunct, oil,

Synonyms

anele embrocate inunct oil

Words of close approximity

anointer anointing anointing of the sick anointment